Fanning, Missouri

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Fanning, Missouri
Unincorporated community
Route 66 Outpost in Fanning (4212006003).jpg
Country United States
State Missouri
County Crawford

Fanning is an unincorporated community in western Crawford County, Missouri, United States. [1] It lies along former U.S. Route 66, now Missouri Supplemental Route ZZ, four miles southwest of Cuba. [2] Fanning is also home to the world's second largest rocking chair, located outside of the Fanning 66 Outpost. [3]

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World's Largest Rocking Chair

A post office called Fanning was established in 1887, and remained in operation until 1953. [4] Fanning is named for John Fanning (1821-1906), originally of Limerick, Ireland. [5] John Fanning was the founding railway section foreman beginning in the mid-19th century when the St. Louis-San Francisco Railway (Frisco) was first built through the region. [5] His home, which still stands in Fanning, was for many decades the railway station, church, post office, and social center of the community. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fanning, Missouri
  2. ↑ Missouri Atlas & Gazetteer, DeLorme 1st ed., 1998, p. 47 ISBN   0899332242
  3. ↑ Fanning Route 66 Outpost website
  4. ↑ "Post Offices". Jim Forte Postal History. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 Pioneer Days on The Frisco Sixty-four Years Ago. The Frisco Employees Magazine. September 1928. Vol 12 No 5 page 6

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